The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.
In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.
Shortening of a motive or melody in rhythmic proportions shorter than the original.
Musical diminution is generally accomplished by stating familiar melodic materials in shorter-than-ordinary note values: when a theme in quarter notes recurs in eighth notes, it is said to be "in diminution." The opposite procedure is augmentation .
the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
the process of decreasing the time values of the notes of a melody
The embellishment of a theme by substituting several notes for what had earlier been a single note.
Statement of a melody in shorter note values, often twice as fast as the original.
The shortening of note values; the opposite of augmentation.
Diminution, from Italian diminuimento, is a musical term used to mean different things in the context of melodies and intervals or chords.